According to a recent report, more than 62% of employees now work from home, mainly due to the Covid crisis. For many people, this has meant turning a domestic room into a professional workspace, allowing the wheels of business and commerce to keep on turning.

However, with two years of working from home behind us, you might find that your enforced business backdrop lacks the charm and atmosphere to keep you motivated and productive. Rather than opting for a flat and sterile environment, Crate and Barrel offer a range of solutions that will allow you to revamp your home office workspace and keep you focused on the job at hand. Read on for our top three ideas to breathe new life into your hybrid work headquarters.

1.    Wall art

Keeping yourself inspired is one of the most significant challenges faced by anyone working from home. If you're looking up from your desk to be presented with whiteboards or sticky notes, the chances are you're going to feel more exhausted than motivated. At Crate and Barrel, we offer a range of superb and inspiring pictures and prints. Why not decorate your wall with timeless photographs of your heroes to remind you to keep going, even when the going gets tough? Alternatively, abstract art can get those creative juices flowing and allow you to tackle a problem from a different angle. 

2.    Get organised

It's all too easy to let the lines between work and home become blurred. If you can designate a room in your home as your workspace, then don't let it become cluttered. We offer a range of storage solutions, from shelving and wall hangers to storage boxes and filing cabinets. However, just because these are practical answers to our problems, it doesn't mean you have to skimp on aesthetics. Even our collection of filing cabinets is eminently stylish, allowing you to continue your home décor themes throughout your entire home. Created by both established designers and those about to make their mark, you can combine function and feel according to your tastes.

3.    Where the magic happens

Desks and office chairs tend to be the most overlooked elements of any home office workspace. Too often, they’re seen as purely functional. However, your desk and chair are where you’ll spend most of your working day, so why not make them something that you’ll actually enjoy working with? Our office chairs come in a variety of styles, colours, and materials, from the luxurious feel of velvet to the timeless quality of leather. Whether you’re looking for traditionally-legged seating or you want to whizz about on casters, we’re sure to have something to suit.

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The same goes for desks. While they might be blessed with all the right storage in all the right places, our collection of office desks doesn’t compromise on cool. Whether you favour something defiantly contemporary, or you’d prefer your desk to have that cottage-style feel to it, just browse our collection. What’s important is that you end up with a desk that you are drawn towards and want to get to work on.

Working from home doesn’t have to be a challenge. Instead, look at it as an opportunity to infuse your domestic workspace with all the elements that a traditional office environment just doesn’t have to offer. For more inspiration, visit our website.